St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-19
The Bodies Of the Hanged An
arehists Placed in a Stone
Enoased Grave.
Mrs. Parsons Screams and
Falls Painting While At
tempting to Speak.
Christ Upheld as an Example
to His Hearers by Capt.
Black.
The New York Freiheit, Most's
Paper, Sends Two Wreaths
For the Grave.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-The four an
archistS who were hanged
August Spies, A. r. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer and George ENGLAND
Louis Lingg, who cheated the gallOws
by committing suicide the day before
were placed in their final resting place
in Waldheim cemetery to-day. There
was no disorder. The only dramatic
feature of the occasion was brought
about by Mrs. Parsons, the dusky wife
OF the dead anarchist. She had kept in
the background at the cemetery during
the preliminary exercises. 4 few mo-
mentS before Capt. Black. chief counsel
for the anarchists, concluded his address
and while the spectators were in a man
ner spell-bOund by the captains rhet-
Oric, some one shouted Make way for
Mrs. ParsOns!' The sOlidly packed
crowd gave way. \ passage-way was
made and Mrs. Parsons, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. William Holmes, came
forward. The nearest coffin to her was
that Of August Spies. Her husbands
was the second from this. Mrs. Par
sons eyes seemed TO pick out the caSket
in which she was most interested. At
the moment her gaze caught it she gave
voice to a wall which startled the crowd.
Capt. Black paused in his speech. the
thrOng were startled, and then came a
scream from Mrs. Parsons which
reached to the outer circles of the
crowd. Thrice she strove to speak,
but the words refused to come out, and
SHE SANK PAINTING
inty the arms of her friends. Capt.
Black came to the rescue by saying in
C commanding tone. Some one please
take some fresh snow and rub the lady's
face" Three men made soft snow balls
and rubbed Mrs. Parsons temples. and
when she showed consciousness she was
carried away for the nOnce. The fu-
neral arrangements as arranged by the
committees consisted OF two parts. The
immediate relatives of the dead men
left the city at 10 O'Clock in carriages
They started from 636 Milwaukee av-
enue. At this place is 4 saloon over
which is a hall where labOrers
meet. 1t was chosen for the
reason that it was a central point for
the chief mourners, The public went
by train from the Wisconsin Central
depot. At the depot there were no
scenes. There was only one policeman
in uniform. But there were five city
detectives scattered about. The first
train to start was the regular suburban
one. 1t consisted of six cars, partially
filled. Half an hour later the special
funeral train pulled out of the yard.
There were ten ears behind the engine.
tafr m
There was no sorrow displayed by the
occupants. In fact. the demeanor of
the people was that of
\ PICNIC PARTY.
Smoking was indulged in by nearly
all the men, and the women displayed
only curiosity. When the train arrived
at Waldheim station a stampede was
made for the cemetery. The crowd
gathered around a lot situated about
1.200 feet fIOm the entrance. The vault
in which the bodies had been kept was
situated a few hundred feet to the
north. Quickly the cOffins were taken
from the vault and carried to the spot
where the eXpectant crowd was assem-
bled. Spies caSket came first. borne by
six members of the Aurora Turn Nerein.
Fischer's second. the pail bearers
being members of Typographical Union
members Of his old aSsembly-13O7. X.
of L.; Engel'S was taken care of by the
German trescO Painters union. and
Louis Lingg's remains were carried by
a committee from Carpenters Assembly
No. 2il. The casketS were placed on
bierS. On Spies coffin were flowers
and red ribbons. Fischer'S was SINH
larry decorated. On Parsons were
bouquets of simple red and yellow
roses. and these modest emblemS
served to bring out in bold relief the
red cloths which covered the casl1ets of
Engel al d Lingg. The undertakerS
REMOVED THE LIDS
from the cOtfinS at the same time that
the chief mOuTners took their places
Among the latter were Chris and Ferdi-
nand Spies, with their sister Gretchen
and their aged mother; Nina Van
Zandt with her father: Elsa Friedel.
''Lingg's girl:' Mrs. Fischer, with her
daughters: Mrs. Engel. and close to her
was MIS-. SchWab. whose husband is in
the penitentiary. Ali OF the women
were dressed in heavy mourning. Nina
Van Zaudt was a study. Not a sign of
emotion appeared on her features. She
chatted continuously with Capt. Black
The only one who shed tears
at this time was Gretchen Spies.
J. Il. Buchanan acted as master of cere-
monies. Mounting a box he directed
the crowd to file past the cOffins to take
the last look at the faces of the dead.
The features Of all the dead were what
is called lifelike-that is. the embalming
process had been success and the
counterfeit pink flush OF life was on the
cheeks. Not a trace of decomposition
was to be seen. So many people wished
the privilege OF looking at the faces that
Mr.. Buchanan announced that the un-
satisfied crowd should keep on moving
and looking while the speeches went
on. Before the addresses began a me-
mortal hymn was sung by the Aliiwau-
kee Socialist manEerchOr. Then Can't.
Black spoke. His address was remark
able i'll that itupheld in most ferYid and
eloquent words
CHRIST AS THE EXAMPLE
for his hearers to follow. His English
auditors appreciated it, but the Ger
mans. who We're nine-tenthS OF the
listeners, made no sign Of approval
After Capt. Black came Paul GrOttkau.
of Milwaukee. who was followed by
Albert Curtin, OF st. Louis. Both the
speakers were frequently applauded.
but CurTlin carried off the hoIOrS in
this respect. Mr.. Buchanan then or
dered the Ids of the caSkets screwed on.
At this moment Mrs. Fischer stepped
forward and laid on the glass cabinet
photograph of her two-year-old
daughter, and simultaneously
man placed in Engel'S coffin several
copies of the Arbeiter Zeitung Just as
the word was given to the undertakerS
to remove the caSkets representative
of the Cleveland Brewers union stepped
TO the front and laid u wreath on the